City of Surrey's 2022-2026 Financial Plan

POPULATION AND GROWTH STATISTICS

The following illustrates the distribution of the City population within each of our six communities. Over the last five years both North and South Surrey’s growth rate have been the two highest at 3.16% and 2.23%, respectively. In the next five years, it is expected that the average annual growth rate in North Surrey (4.12%) will continue to be the highest in the City, due to the increasing density in North Surrey’s City Centre area.

Total Population in Surrey by Community (2017 to 2026)

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Total Population

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Year

Fleetwood

Guildford

Cloverdale

South Surrey

North Surrey

Newton

Numbers for 2022 - 2026 are projected Source: City of Surrey Planning & Development Department

Surrey’s population at the end of 2021 comprised approximately 21.79% of the population of Metro Vancouver. Over the next five years, Surrey’s share of regional population growth is expected to comprise of approximately 31.64% of total growth. Based on Statistics Canada’s 2021 census for percentage growth from 2016 to 2021, Surrey ranked as one of the top municipalities in Canada, having grown by 9.7% between 2016 and 2021. This compares to the provincial average of 7.6% and the national average of 5.2%.

Population change (in percentage) for Surrey and higher level geographies, 2016-2021

12

10

8

6

4

Percent Change (%)

2

0

Surrey (City)

Vancouver

Metro Vancouver British Columbia

Canada

Regions

Source: Statistics Canada 2016 Census Profile

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